Richard Houston of Deloitte says the pandemic has triggered fundamental and lasting changes in businessOptimism among finance directors at Britain’s biggest companies showed the biggest improvement in more than a decade going into 2021 as businesses prepare for fundamental changes in the way we work after the pandemic. The latest survey by Deloitte shows that a net 58 per cent were more upbeat about the prospects for their company than three months earlier, as the start of a vaccination programme and hopes for a return to economic growth push the change in optimism levels to its highest since the survey began in 2007. SponsoredHowever, the report found that most finance directors plan to cut investment and discretionary spending and shed staff this year, although the trend has improved from six months ago. The study of 90 finance chiefs included

Source: The Times January 08, 2021 00:03 UTC